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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
THE MlSSiSSlSSippl Justice
Business Form Book !!

A Manual of Legal and Business
Forms, Justices OF the Peace, Merchants,
Planters, Professional and Business Men generally.
Second Revised Edition, conforming TO Code Of
1880 and Acts of 1882, 1884.
By Judge L. 0. Bridewel1.
ga Forms in Civil Cases;
ss5 Forms in Criminal Cases;
40 Forms Miscellaneous,
Including Deeds, Contracts, Leases, Partnerships
etc, conforming to the laws and usages in the State
Of Mississippi.
AN APPND Xxx,
COMPLIED BY THE PUBLIsHRR,-CoNTAINs
Dictionary of Legal Terms.
Directory of Federal and state Courts show
ing when and where held, Judges, Chaneellors
and District Attorneys.
The State Government and Public Institutions.
Members of Congress and Congressional Districts.
ties composing each Senatorial District and
number of members to which each county is
entitled.
Population of State, by Counties, and other sta
tics incident thereto.
0fhcial Vote of State, by Counties, 1884, and of
the several Congressional Districts.
complete list of the Railroads entering or pass
ing through the State, giving distance from
Station to Station.
complete list of Post-ofhces in Mississippi
revised to September, 1885.
And much other data useful for reference.
n6ALL FULLY ISDExED AND SUBSTANTIALLY
BOUND. EDITION LIMITED TO 1000 Copies.
FT1cc ny NAH, I,5O.
ADDRESS, j. L. POWER,
Jackson, Miss.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
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The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
HOW MY BACK ACHES

mr. PIES. Biackheads, Skin Blemishes AM
lin Bsby Huuorp, uso CU1IcURA SOAR
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
HUSHING THE TEMPEST.
DR.. TAlmAGE'S SERMON AT THE
BROOKLYN TABERNACLE.

Followers of Christ Must Not Always
Expect smooth saIliDg-The Church Is
Not Injured by Observation-Disclosures
of the Late Rev. John Livingston.
BROOKLYN, June 5.-The Rev T. De Witt
Talmage, ID. D., preached In the Tabernacle
this morning sermon entitled "The
Tempest" Service began with the exposi-
ton Of appropriate passages Of Scripture, af-
ter which the great congregation sang the
hymn:
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1887-06-08
sCROFULOUs ULCERs.

Reference: FRANK 7. wRAY, Druggist. Apoilo,
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
Go Slow.

Go slow. If you think the world is not
using you as it should, don't undertake to
force the world to change its course. The
world is a great deal stronger than you. and
great deal more likely to be right. The
world will knock you down many times
when it should raise you up. no doubt; but
if you think your course out very carefully
before you start and then go slow, you'll
find that the old world is a great deal bet
ter than people are apt to give it credit
for. You are indignant, perhaps. at the
injustice Which you meet every day. and
you feel hot and restless and are apt to
20 a little too fast at times. But if you'll
think to slow up and reason when you meet
barriers to your progress and not try to run
over them. you won't be likely to have
barked shins and bruised bones at the end
of your journey. You'll find that some one
else will often get the sugar plums that be-
long to yOn: but keep cool and go slow; or
you'll loose, not only your sugar plums,
but your chance of getting others in the flu
ture. It's a terrible thug to have to keep
cool under injustice. OF course it is; but
you can't straighten your own bones by
breaking those of Others. And then. if you
should find out that you have been wrong
after all! When you think that everything
is gone back ON you and your dsarest rights
have been trampled on. don't loose your
grip. but keep cool. think it all out. and
then 90 slOw.-SUMMARY, (Elmyra) n, Y.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
Summer STYLES.

1t may be interesting to the Beau Brum-
mells among the prisoners. to know that the
prevailing fashion is, stripes, they extend,
even to the dudes underwear. hose, shirts.
collars, cuffs and scarfs. 1t appears that
the ultra-fashionable young man does not
cOnfine himself to the ''subdued black
with cream-tinted background of the con-
vct. but probably to obviate being run in
as all escaped convict" INDUCES his taste in
loud and snowy cOlOrs.
While this may be a distinction with
difference to indicate that the ''style" is not
wholly borrowed" from the prison garb,
it tends to show us that the ''stripes" are
not held in such odium and ignominy by the
outside world as has been heretofore pict-
ured to us; and 1.-THE bOys'' should take heart
accordingly and derive some satisfaction, it
not little pride, from the fact that their
distinguishable costume has been reflected
and ''cOpled in the latest fashion plates" of
New York swelldom. Query: does dress
proclaim the man? or is "a mon mon for
A. that? 2S3.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
Practice Makes Perfect.

Whatever we would do well, we must do
constantly. If we desire to be pure and
noble. we must practice purity and nobil-
ity. Some men seem to think that all habits
are necessarily bad; but a man can acquire
the habit OF doing good as strong as he can
the habit of doing evil. Continual Observ-
ance of the law habituateS one to lawfElness
and respect of law; every violation of law
renders another violation more easy and
probable. A man Is known by hi his actions.
The good are they who do good. Words
without deeds are valueless as indications
of character. The devil can quote Scripture.
A man in here may say. There is no nee
essity of my practicing honesty under my
present circumstances: but when | return to
society l shall brace up Immediately"
Now the great obstacle to the success of
this scheme is, that the human mind is i'll
capable of existing in d stationary condition.
A man must either go forward or fall be-
hind in moral perceptions and practice. a
stone might carelesSly roll down hill.
thinking that when necessity demands, it
will 60 to the top; but the first thing it
knows it IS at the bottom, and its chance
of reaching the top is lost forever No
man can expect to ever obtain the power
of doing good work unless he constantly
practices. If man persists in immortality
he must expect to loose to some extent the
immediate power of living morally. There
is law of gravitation in morals; there is
no such thing as standing in mid air between
morality and immortality. Unless man
exercise his natural functions, he loses the
power of exercise. Elmira,
Y. Y.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
"A journal published by jail-birds should

"A journal published by jai-birds should
be candid, sincere, bold and even defiant.
"There should be flavor of mush and mo-
lasses. and lock and key. about it; when it
reaches for a man the reader should hear,
or at least he should think that he heard,
the clank of a ball and chain, or the wild
swoop of mancled fist. What the country
needs is more of the soulful utterances of
it's prison inmates. it should hear from them
Oftener. 4 man in for ten years is liable
to be forgotten if he cannot bring the
mighty power of the press to his aid. The
HERALD extends hearty welcome to the
new candidate for popular favor, and trusts
that no one will write to it's editors asking.
how long they are in for
We take the above from the Chicago
HERALD, of Sunday. Aug. Sth. The sug-
gestlOns of the HERALD are excellent in
many respects and we hope to profit thereby
and at the same time give credit to whom
credit is due" 1t is not the purpose of the
MIRROR to laud. or give undue praise to the
officials Of this institution, or to laud any
one. We propose simply to make THE
MIRROR a worthy aspirant for popular
favor, simple and straightforward in all it's
utterances. interesting to all, offensive to
none.
We thank the HERALD for it's kindly
greetings and wise suggestions.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
A PRISON NEWSPAPER.

''Undeterred by the fate of the newspaper
which was started some time ago in the
Wisconsin penitentiary. the convicts at
Saltwater, Mimi, are about to begin the
publication of weekly journal in the in
telests of the prison library and their own
pockets: the stOrekeeper of the institution
has been selected as treasurer and business
manager, the gentlemen having the enter
prise i'm hand not being able to agree upon
"a man in stripes for that important position.
With reference to the editorial staff the
question was easier of solution; almost any
convict is fitted by training and nature for
responsibilities of that order. and. some of
the most accomplished inmates were fixed
upon without delay. Cole Younger is to be
associate editor and Lew p. Schoonmaker
will hold the chiefs chair Youngers ex-
ploits are well remembered, but as to SchOOn-
makers. not so much is known. He must
be great man though if the MissOurian
consents to serve under him. The object
of the Wisconsin prison paper was to palaver
the officials, and as that soon got to be an
old story. it lost circulation and died. Ii
the Minnesota project isitO succeed, it must
have little life in it. and instead of praising
the warden. guards and keepers. it must
show them. up in their. tlideQus. deformity.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
The Woman Tempted Me And Did
Eat.

Fullythree fOurths of the men with.
whom have become acquainted during my
enforced seclusiOn, lay Their evil doing or
the results of it. either to some other per-
son, or to circumstances over which they
had no contrOl Il got into bad company
and they got me into trouble Il was I'M
der the influence of liquor or would never
have been sent here" Il was a little short
in my accounts but if my employer had
given me a chance, | would have squared
up.'
The spirit of our common ancestor.
Adam. has descended unto the third and
fourth generation and considerably farther.
and we blame anything or anybody except
ourselves The woman tempted me and
l did cat'' Did it never occur to you.
gentle reader that there might be some
thing radically wrong about yourself, a
slight tendency toward vice, or a little
criminal weakness that has made you the
victim of the aforesaid circumstances?
What business had you to get into bad COM
pany? What business had you to be under
the influence of liquor: And what bust
ness had you to be short in your accounts?
You are now in position to fully rea-
lie the effect of allowing yourself to be led
blindfold by any one who may happen to
pick up the string, and will probably never
have better opportunity to discover and
strengthen the weak points in your charac-
koI :
avoid it. If you have ali irresistible mcli
nation to give the surrounding scenery
lurid hue and to make Rome howl. as it
were, keep out of the way of temptation.
and if you have been remarkable for the
brevitY of your accounts, get a raise in your
salary or drop some of your eXtravagant
habits. Up to the present time you have
been, most emphatically. the author ofyour
own misfol tunes and it depends on you
whether, upon leaving here, you continue
in your previous style of authorship or not.
The chances are that you have, somewhere
about your anatomy, few brains, and it
might be Il polite move on your part to
make some use of them. If you 20 out
IrOnI mere WITH no particular ann III lie ana
no fixed resolution to recover the ground
you have lost, you will, in all probability,
gravitate back to this or some similar insti-
tuition. But if you go out from here deter
mined to do everything in your power to re-
trieve your character, and if you prove by
persistent effort that you are in earnest, you
will find more willing to help than to him
der YOU 1t will be uphill work for a
while! Society will not kill the fatted calf
nor fall on your neck and weep. as soon as
you express your willingness to return to
her, but if you persevere, you are bound to
succeed and will ultimately regain the re-
spect and esteem that you have justly lost.
ii. W. ii.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17
Judy O'HaIIisan's Letter.
KILKENNY, May 22d. 1885,


Me dear neffy, haven't STINT We letter
since the last time l wrote to We. because
we have moved from our former place of
living and l dident know when a lether
would reach We, but now with pleasure
take me pin to inform We of the death of
yer uncle Fitzpatrick, who died very sud-
denly laSth wake after lingering sickness
Of wakes illness. the poor man was in vio
laying perfectly quiet and speechless ntre
ly talking incoherently and crying for water.
What his death was OccaSiOned be don't
know. but 1 hear it was his last illness, he
was Eiver we'll tin days at time during his
last confinement. but be that as it may, as
soon as he breathed his lasth the doctors
gave up all hopes of his recovery. had no
opportunity iv informing we " his death
sooner Except wrote to We by the lasth Post,
which wint days before his death and thin
ye'd have postage to pay. l mayent be after
telling We anything of his age for We well
know that in May mkt he would have been
"a years lacking MONTHS and had he lived
to that time he would have been 6 months
dead. His property is very considerable and
develops OH his next in kin who is dead
some time so that my dear Larry, We will
git two thirds of the whole. and We know
that he had fine Estate, which he sold to
pay hos debts, and the remainder he lost on
q horse race hnt il was the ODiniOn if all
the ladies prisint that he would have win
the race purviden the horse he ran against
hadent bin to fast for him. (bad luck to the
baste,) and now me dear Larry, We not hay
ing any relation in the whole world Except
myself and cousins who were killed in the
lasth war. but [ cant dwell on this mournful
subject longer Twill sale this letter with
black sailing wax and put on your uncles
coat of arms, so beg of We not to break the
sale when you open the lether until or
days afther ye recave it, be that time We will
be bether prepared for the mournful task,
your old swatehart Judy sinds her love to
We, (unbeknOwnest to me) whin the bearer
arrives in Mattevan ak him for this lether,
and if he don't know which won it is, tell
him it is the won that spakes of yer uncles
death and sailed with black.
Your affectiOnate aunt in dape distress.
JUDY O'HALLIGAN.
p. .S.-Dont write to me until We recave
this.
J.O'H.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17

A man walked into a third-rate down
town saloon the other day. and calling for
whisky. poured out a trimming tumblerful.
You must like it," sarcastically remark
en- the proprietor. ''Well l wouldn't drink
SO much water to get little il l didn't"
was the crushing reply.-Ex.
The prison mirror. [volume] (Stillwater, Minn.) 1887-1894, 1887-08-17

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The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
EcIipses in 1888.

Three successive eclipses are a very
rare occurrence, still it happens some
times. On December /, $780, there
was a partial eclipse of the sun, follow
ed January 16 by total eclipse of the
moon, and on December 81 another
partial eclipse of the sun occurred.
Exactly the same happened 1884 on
March p, April 10 and 26. If the pre-
dicted end Of the world doesn't come
inside of a year, and we live long
enough, we will be able to see a total
eclipse of the moon on July %, 1888.
which is preceded and followed by par
tial eclipses of the sun. 1t will not
happen in this century again. Chicago
Journal.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
THE PLANK DRAG.
A Bome-Made Implement Which Does the
Work of a Costly Roller.

n nome maze Implement hnlcn DOCS inc
Work of a Costly Roller.
Inever use a plank drag without
wishing that every farmer knew the
value of this simple instrument. My
old one, which had been in use for ten
years or more, gave out when we were
putting in oats, and l made a new one
which expect will last ten years at
least. 1t took 7S feet of lumber, six
carriage bolts Il inches long and about
thirty minutes to put it together ]
sawed two pieces of AKA scantling each
2! feet long, sloped the front end of
them to two inches thick running back
foot, where they were left full thick
ness. This is to make the front board
turn up q little like a sled runner so
that it will not drag directly against
the raised places of earth in the field.
/ bolted the front board fast to the
scantlings, then laid the second board
down so that the front edge Tapped 4
inches on to the first board and bolted
it as before. A third board put on the
same way completed the drag, which
when turned over with the scantlings
on top and a chain attached to it to
hitch to is ready for use.
This drag is made of three planks
each u feet long, l foot wide and
inches thick, and when completed is
out q feet wide. Sloping the pieces
TO which the planks are bolted is quite
an advantage, for if sods catch and
drag along, as they will sometimes, by
stepping on the front of the drag il
tips or rocks forward and passes over
any obstruction. The drag is heavy
enough for a good team with the weight
of the driver added, and will do good
work when not weighted at all. Under
favorable conditions of soil it is supe-
rior to a roller, for it fills up depres
sions. covers the grass and weed;
which are starting, and gives a mellow
level surface without packing the Lane
as a heavy roller does. 1t has not tn
weight to crush dry hard clods as
roller will, but if used before the clod
have baked and hardened it annihilate
them. In nine cases out of ten 1 pre-
fer it so a roller, while tie COSTS abou
one-tenth that of a moderately goo
roller, and it is much easier stored an
cared for Waldo f, Br0lcR, m A.
Tribune.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHY.
Suggestions for Those Engaged in This
Fascinating Pursuit.


An important fact to be remembered
in making portraits at close quarters is
that the professional photographer uses
for portraits special portrait lens, but
the amateur generally does this work
with lens made for taking views.
These view lenses ''condense" very
much; that is, they cxaggerato the per-
;pective by taking in so wide field.
Sometimes in taking a simple profile,
if the head is placed too near the came
ia, the visible ear of the sitter, not hav-
ing a chance to get so far off as the
nose-which has, let us say, two and a
half inches of an advantage-is given
an alarming size. Then, in full-face
view, the poor nose has the worst of it.
On this account a "thrce-quarter"
view is the best for an amateur work
ing with view camera; though if a
fair distance is allowed between the
sitter and the lens. there need be no
difficulty of either sort.
DO not hesitate to make experiments.
Many of the advances in photography
have resulted from the seeming blum.
| ders of amateurs.
To those who, at college or at home,
are engaged in scientific studies, the
camera will afford a means of interest
ing experiment, The camera has beer
one of the greatest teachers of this cen
fury. 1t has for instance, taught
Meissonier, the great French painter,
that the horses in his "1S07h are moi
galloping as horses actually do gallop
1t has taught the scientist who photo
graphed a flying bullet that the reason
the best of marksmen can not hit ;
suspended egg-shell is that a cushion
of compressed air precedes the bulle
and pushes the shell out Of the way
And in a thousand other ways has i
been confirming or upsetting scientific
and artistic theories. Let the amateu
therefore pursue his investigation
freely in this field of experiment an,
see what discoveries he may max
therein. -AleTGade Black, ia 81 Nici
oldS
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
Cleaning Black Silk.

I have recently ripped, sponged and
made over an old black silk with such
success, that must impart my knowl-
edge to the readers. The process was
a new one to me, although it may not
prove so to you. first thoroughly
brushed it. with a soft camel s-hair
brush, then laid each piece fiat on a
clean pine table, and sponged it with
not coffee that had been strained
through piece of muslin. This did
on the side which l intended to turn
out; allowed it partially to dry, and
ironed it on the wrong side. 1t was
very dirty, shiny, and adorned with not
a few grease spots, before the opera
ton, and l was surprised to see how
completely the grease and shine were
removed. 1t has none of the crackly
stiffness impaired by water or beer.
Try it on an old silk apron or cravat.-
Rural Nel0 Yorker.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-08-20
NARY ANN'S JERSEY.
4 Close Old Farmers Unpremeditated Act
of I.Ibcrality.

a
of Libcrality.
Farmer Simpson was nigh" in
country parlance; he would skin
ilint' for his personal advantage. Even
his daughters complained among them
selves of his stinginess, the eldest
threatening to go out to service, ana
leave him to fill her place with hired
handmaiden. al don't even have de-
cent clothes to my back, " she said one
morning, over the churn, to pretty
Miss Deane, one of the summer board
ers, and an "early riser
ave asked pa" she continued, III
he wouldn't give me what butter
could sell from one cow-and he's just
drove home two noble ones-but, no;
he don't care if my meetin' dress IS all
out at the elbows"
"It's a shamer' cried impulsive Jes-
sic Deane. ''If you even had Jersey
to wear with that blue skirt, you could
get along without an entire dress. See
here, Mary Ann, I'm going to ask him
myself. "
She ran lightly out to the yard where
Farmer Simpson was milking, leaving
Mary Ann to watch her in awe at such
boldness.
Mr.. Simp son." said the self-ap-
+ pointed embassadress, "there is some
thing you can give Mary Ann that
would please her very much.
Them plaguey COWS ag'in" NUT
tered the farmer to himself. What
does she want of one on emp" But
he added aloud what that, Miss
Deane?"
"Why, it's only one of these new
Jerseys that every body likes so
much?"
I "She wants Jersey? Wal, | YUM!
If she's goin' to poster me for any of
'em, | should think she might put up
with common critter."
But these are very fashionable, you
know, besides being so useful"
"Taint fashion, Miss Deane, faint
fashion" said the farmer, shaking
his head. "lt's butter an milk ye've
got to go by"
Jessie was puzzled, but she stuck to
her point
81 am going to have some things
sent down next week." she said. do
let me order Jersey for her! I'd give
it to her myself, but she's too proud to
take it,"
Order critter sent down from Bos
ton! You forehanded folks do beat all
No, Miss Deane; if Mary Ann has got
to have COW, she can take old Short
horn. don't go to buyin' any fancy
stock for her."
Then Jessie began to laugh, but she
stopped in time to escape being though
crazy by Mr.. Simpson.
"But can she really have old Short
horn" she persisted, "and begin witt
to-day's milk?"
II s'posc SC" said the farmer, gruff
ly, ashamed to refuse; "but womel
folks do spend powerful sight o
money!
aha" thought Jessie, as she trippc'
back through the wet path. $50 Mar.
Ann can buy her Jersey herself!'
And she did. Moreover, her fathe
is ignorant to this day of the impol
tant distinction between an article G
dress and a "critter. y Youths Com
pdnion.